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philosophical questions on IPKat last week as Kat friend Anna Toh inquires on
the issue: It
may be use, but is it trade mark use? Our Singaporean friend reports on a
case where the question was: can a trademark coined to identify the goods but
alluding also to their characteristics still be considered use as trade mark to
defend against a non-use revocation action?

Never
Too Late 156 [week ending Sunday 16 July] A
film is a film is a film: at Cannes, is not that simple | BGH grants compulsory
license in preliminary proceedings | An improved improver? UK Supreme Court
moves towards a UK Doctrine of Equivalents in Lilly pemetrexed battle | The Smoking
Gun – Is IP research the next tobacco scandal? | the special world of pesticide
products, counterfeits and parallel imports | New CJEU reference…asking whether
the InfoSoc Directive envisages digital exhaustion | Freedom of panorama in
Italy: does it exist? | Can Crowdsourcing Solve the Orphan Works Problem? | the
EU IPO Observatory study finds trade secrets rule the roost over patents in
Europe | Mock (culinary) trial at INTA 2017| Weetabix in New Zealand Customs
dispute over local rival Weet-Bix

Never Too Late 154 [week ending Sunday 2 July] I Book Review: Patent
Drawing Rules I German Supreme Court holds that extra-territorial delivery can
result in patent infringement I Canadian Supreme Court holds promise doctrine
"unsound" in AstraZeneca v Apotex Nexium dispute I EU General Court
finds bad faith in VENMO trade mark dispute I “Correction” of expiry dates for
granted SPCs now finally possible in Italy...sometimes I Book Review: The Law
of Trade Secret Litigation Under the Uniform Trade Secrets Act I Chanel
victorious in California court battle against Amazon sellers of counterfeit
goods I Simplifying Community Registered Design litigation in the UK - Spin
Master v PMS I 77M v Ordnance Survey - access to justice for SMEs in IPEC I
Canadian Supreme Court holds that Google can be ordered to de-index results
globally I Life as an IP Lawyer: Copenhagen, Denmark I UK UPC ratification
timetable to continue in September, while Prep Committee acknowledges German
constitutional hold-up I Hendrix's portrait is original afterall say Paris
Court of Appeal I Covfefe ... the trade mark?! I Injunction available after
claimed licence fees paid - PPL v JJPB I Trademark application for the devil's
horn withdrawn I Jo Johnson to continue as IP Minister I UPC Order on
Privileges & Immunities placed before Parliament today I Celebrate 120
years of AIPPI in Sydney I Event invitation - The Pirate Bay communicates to
the public: are there any more online infringement questions to be answered? I
Re-using Amazon item numbers (ASINs) for similar goods can constitute trade
mark infringement and passing off

Never Too Late 153 [week ending Sunday 25 June] | US Supreme Court holds
provision preventing registration of disparaging trade marks unconstitutional |
Wolfing down those veggies: it's a matter of the right descriptive term | A
googol of generic questions in Ninth Circuit's Elliott v Google decision | Life
as an IP lawyer | Former Constitutional Court judge weighs in on UPC
ratification suspension | AG Szpunar advises CJEU to rule that a red sole may
not be just a colour | Trump and his coat of arms | BMW wins appeal over use of
trade mark to promote spare parts business | Around the IP Blogs | Saturday
Sundries

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